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tielz said:
Hello. I am new to the group and live outside of Claysville. Admin sent me to this thread from Introductions. I am hoping to meet other people in the area who raise bantam breeds, mainly silky. I had several types of chickens, mostly rare breeds, silkies, guinea fowl, button quail, and some muskovy ducks back on my farm in VA years ago. Now I am looking to get back into bantams on my new farm.
Thank you in advance!
Lori
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Howdy from Chester Co....
 
My husband makes me laugh! I sold some birds this week, pullets and chicks and made some money. This morning, hubby days, you know that money isn't for you, it's for the chickens. Either for food. ... or a new incubator... lol I had to laugh. I guess I'm saving for a new incubator!
 
emorems0 said:
Question about chick food... I've read that Cornish cross should be fed higher protein starter to avoid growth problems (I've seen turkey starter ~25% protein recommended). I'm going to have my meat birds in a brooder with the 4 turkeys I got from Chicadoodle for the next few weeks, so it would be really convenient if I could feed them the same thing. My question is about the Delaware and Dark Cornish that will also be in the same brooder... will it be really bad for them to eat the same food? Do I need to somehow feed them regular chick starter (I'd have to figure out how to divide the brooder to keep them separate from the meaties and turkeys).
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I feed all of my babies the same: chicks, broilers, heritage poults, bb poults, ducks, quail, peas. The only exception is goslings. Everyone but goslings get 22-27% protien (depends on what I can find when I need it.) Goslings get 18% or lower only because high protein will cause severe leg & wing problems for them. You get a bit faster growth rate for chicks on higher protien & they tend to be a bit heavier as adults. Otherwise, no real difference & definitely doesn't hurt them.
 
meat birds is 1 area that I differ from everyone else in feed.I do not go over 20% and prefer 18%...I would rather take an extra week or 2 and keep the size under control so the bone growth can keep up.... I never have leg problems with my cornishx even if I hold them over for an extra couple of weeks..

unless it is the middle of winter I also prefer they eat wet feed (fermented if possible ). it cuts down on the amount of water they go thru, and they use lots of water
 
wingstone said:
meat birds is 1 area that I differ from everyone else in feed.I do not go over 20% and prefer 18%...I would rather take an extra week or 2 and keep the size under control so the bone growth can keep up.... I never have leg problems with my cornishx even if I hold them over for an extra couple of weeks..

unless it is the middle of winter I also prefer they eat wet feed (fermented if possible ). it cuts down on the amount of water they go thru, and they use lots of water
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My meaties & bb's will actually get cut back to 18-20% when they go outside in 2-3 weeks (around 4-5 weeks old). So I start them out high, restrict feed to 12 on 12 off at about 3 weeks & drop protein at 4-5 weeks. All other babies get to stay on higher protein until they hit the layer pens. And I ferment when weather permits.
 
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My 25th wedding anniversary is coming up this summer and hubby asked me if I wanted anything special
of course I said YES...
he got a big smile when I said what I wanted, so does that mean I will get it..

can anyone guess what it is ??
 

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